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Magnitude

% change over

Statistical variables

Unit

3rd

quarter 1991

1st-3rd quarter 1991

3rd

quarter

1st-3rd quarter

1990

1990

CARGO TRAINS **

Arrived from China

No.

784

2,235

-1.8

0.8

Departed for China

No.

93

274

1.1

0.4

TRUCKS

Arrived from China

'000

757

2,021

18.8

17.5

Departed for China

'000

761

2,031

19.3

17.7

SHIPS

Arrived from China as first

country of call

No.

1,900 @

5,169 @

25.2 @@

16.3 @@

Departed for China as last

country of call

No.

1,842 @

5,096 @

24.4 @@

17.1 @@

VISITORS FROM HONG KONG TO CHINA

Hong Kong residents

'000

4,855

13,991

13.7

14.1

Foreigners going through

Hong Kong to China

'000

336

970

-4.2

6.3

VISITORS FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG

Group tour

'000

41

118

20.4

28.5

2-way permit holders

'000

36

102

7.1

6.2

PRC passport holders

'000

56

164

19.0

22.5

(including transit visitors)

PRC OFFICIALS IN HONG KONG

(End of period figure)

Total

'000

15.2

29.7

Employed in PRC enterprises

'000

7.0

18.4

HKD/RMB OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATE

(Average for the period)

HKD per unit RMB

1.4477

1.4681

-12.1

-11.1

Provisional figures.

@@ Percentage changes based on revised figures for same periods last year.

Excluding cargo trains with nil cargo.

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